Aldo Moro Is Kidnapped and Murdered by Italian Terrorists
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Kidnapping, Hostages, Prisoners
- Curriculum: Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Rome
- Date: March 16-May 9, 1978
Article abstract: Aldo Moro is kidnapped and murdered by Italian terrorists, initiating the gradual disintegration of the Red Brigades, a left-wing terrorist group in Italy in the 1970’s.
Summary of Event
On March 16, 1978, former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro and his five-man security team, traveling in two cars, were en route to the Parliament Building in Rome, Italy, on a routine workday. At Moro’s request, the small caravan had made an apparently unscheduled stop at a church on Via Fani in a well-to-do residential neighborhood. Moments later,...
[The entire page is 1560 words long]